What is a not-slut woman like?

[kpete]

The studs and sluts game is a zero-sum one, at least in the wingnut world. That's an important point to make. The studs can only "score" by turning many women into sluts who are then subject to contempt. But if the studs fail to score, the women temporarily escape the label of a slut but the studs lost. Sexual love as a war game.

These double-standards smell moldy like something brought down from the attic, something old. But nope. They are alive and kicking right now.

Hence the question I posed in the title of this post. What is a not-slut woman like? A virgin who has spent her whole live in a secluded convent? A married woman who has only had sex when wanting to get pregnant while making absolutely sure that the missionary position is applied and that she gets not one tingle of pleasure out of it all?

That's not the context in which Rush Limbaugh and others called Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute. That context is all about stopping women from speaking up, stopping women from participation in the public arena and stopping women from being uppity in general, and the weapon used there is to first equate a woman with her sexuality and then berate that sexuality.

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[pipi_k]

1. That's actually a confusing

question when one is dealing with a portion of the population that has...(to put it politely)...issues.

If a woman doesn't give in, she's a "tease".

If she does, she's a "slut".

There is no way to win that game.

[davsand]

2. What we all must become:

[mainer]

3. A virgin or a married woman who is constantly pregnant

Only those people are non-sluts, because neither uses birth control.

[cynatnite]

4. It does not allow a woman to own their sexuality on their own terms...

Rush and scum like him use this word to dictate to women what their sexuality will be. It disempowers women. Historically, this has been the case since their gawd said so.

[snagglepuss]

5. A comment from FR posted here described Fluke as "mannish" which

speaks volumes.

[TalkingDog]

11. If they meant mannish= unattractive, then what's the problem, she won't need bc anyway, right?

If they meant mannish = lesbian, then bc would be unnecessary?

So... if she's "mannish" then she is probably a "not-slut", that makes it all good.

[saras]

6. A non-slut has an ownership tag, whether father, church, fucker, or any combination thereof

[Nay]

13. Exactly right. Plus this non-slut, once given to an owner, must immediately act like a complete

hooker with her new owner, no matter what her preferences, because....well, when he owns you, you get to do what he says or you'll get kicked to the curb. Preferably with no way to get a job so you'll learn your lesson on how to please men.

[malaise]

7. I'm a proud, happy

and satisfied slut.

Fuck 'em!!

[Octafish]

8. Shut up!

From the OP:

"That context is all about stopping women from speaking up, stopping women from participation in the public arena and stopping women from being uppity in general, and the weapon used there is to first equate a woman with her sexuality and then berate that sexuality."

Exactly.

[Quantess]

9. They don't think any of this through. There is very little reasoning involved.

RW conservatives go with their gut. Irony escapes them.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen

or a nun without any health issues that would be treated with hormonal birth control

[Matariki]

12. Spot on analysis.

[cherish44]

14. I image they look something like this: